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Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - Close-Up

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Shots taken of a subject between 3 inches and 1 foot (7.5 to 30cm) in size (e.g. large fish or diver head) that dominates the frame - any background is incidental and occupies LESS THAN 50% of frame

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Best of friends, most of the time!! A pair of white eyed ... by Michael Gallagher
Best of friends, most of the time!! A pair of white eyed moray eels, Komodo, Indonesia
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Close-up of a nurse shark and King Crab. Taken at Shark R... by Eurion Leonard-Pugh
Close-up of a nurse shark and King Crab. Taken at Shark Reef, Grenada, WI with Canon G9 and Canon housing.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South) Grenada
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MOR by Nejdet Demirtas
MOR
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Face to face, Frogfish by Abimael Márquez
Face to face, Frogfish
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Frogfish, (stacked lens) by Abimael Márquez
Frogfish, (stacked lens)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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That's close ! Head of a "caretta caretta" sea-turtle. CA... by Rico Besserdich
That's close ! Head of a "caretta caretta" sea-turtle. CANON 40D + 60mm macro lens. Ike DS-125 strobe. No crop.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Taken by Nikon D200. at Anilao by Ah Chan Fong Ming
Taken by Nikon D200. at Anilao
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Philippines
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The eye of the beholder, octopus that is. by Juan Torres
The eye of the beholder, octopus that is.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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At Vieques, Puerto Rico by Juan Torres
At Vieques, Puerto Rico
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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fingers by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
fingers
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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This way, please ! by Jörg Menge
This way, please !
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Germany
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Batfish, stacked lens by Abimael Márquez
Batfish, stacked lens
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Frogfish by Abimael Márquez
Frogfish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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I personally like the detail of this giant clam by Mona Dienhart
I personally like the detail of this giant clam
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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"Predator closeup". Nightdive, CANON 40D, Ike housing, Ik... by Rico Besserdich
"Predator closeup". Nightdive, CANON 40D, Ike housing, Ike DS-125 strobe, CANON 60mm macro lens.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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A Belted Sandfish on Mammoth Rock Reef , in the Gulf of M... by Patrick Smith
A Belted Sandfish on Mammoth Rock Reef , in the Gulf of Mexico, off Clearwater Beach, Florida.
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date posted posted: Monday, August 23, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico United States
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CENTEPIDE by Andres L-M_larraz
CENTEPIDE
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date posted posted: Monday, August 23, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Janolus nudibranch on kelp, photo taken in Southern Calif... by Scott Gietler
Janolus nudibranch on kelp, photo taken in Southern California.
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date posted posted: Monday, August 23, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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preggy pygmy : ) by Chinchin Law
preggy pygmy : )
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date posted posted: Monday, August 23, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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blue ribbon treat by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
blue ribbon treat
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date posted posted: Monday, August 23, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Friendly Face. D300/Inon Strobes/105mm. by Richard Witmer
Friendly Face. D300/Inon Strobes/105mm.
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Nice crop Richard
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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walking tall and who's leading who - Banded Coral Shrimp ... by Steven Anderson
walking tall and who's leading who - Banded Coral Shrimp make their way to the tip of a Barrel Sponge - this photo was taken during a morning dive off Roatan.
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Found in a beer bottle! by Tim Blakeley
Found in a beer bottle!
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic Bahamas
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A beautiful Leptopsammia pruvoti in the Mediteranean sea. by Ferdinando Meli
A beautiful Leptopsammia pruvoti in the Mediteranean sea.
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 21, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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transparent eggy!!! (commensal shrimp) by Chinchin Law
transparent eggy!!! (commensal shrimp)
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date posted posted: Friday, August 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Myriapora truncata whit bubbles of my ARA in underwater c... by Ferdinando Meli
Myriapora truncata whit bubbles of my ARA in underwater cave.
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date posted posted: Friday, August 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Close to the squid :-) by Rico Besserdich
Close to the squid :-)
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date posted posted: Friday, August 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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